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Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by toomuchtodo on Friday August 24, 2018 @01:49PM (#17836504)
Ignoring the infotainment system for this argument (as they firewall it off from CANBUS and other life critical systems [1]), I argue that their IT infrastructure is safety related, as it governs Tesla's velocity in getting patches and security fixes out to vehicles in a timely manner.

Can you imagine a zero day being found in Windows with Windows Update being down?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX_0c9R4Fng

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Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by mikeash on Friday August 24, 2018 @02:15PM (#17836720)
There's no guarantee that any given car is connected and receives updates, so the safety-critical systems need to be good enough when the car ships. They might mess up, but then they'd at least be able to patch cars faster, while other manufacturers would have to do a recall.
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